MOSCOW, January 31 (RIA Novosti)-Russia will support the application made by the Black Sea city of Sochi to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, the president said Monday.
Vladimir Putin told a Kremlin news conference that the country needed modern infrastructure and recreational facilities.
"Sochi is the prefect place," he said. "It has a mild climate, the sea is near and there are places with snow all year round in the mountains. I skied there two years ago myself."
